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New York Times, Saturday, December 20, 1969

9-Across : Dry, as champagne.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,434
Across
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Cured. : MADEWELL
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Dry, as champagne. : BRUT
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Feigning process. : SIMULATION
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Italian river. : RENO
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Priority. : PRECEDENCE
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Bohemian river. : ISER
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Lean and gaunt. : LANK
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Publisher Whitelaw. : REID
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Three-banded armadillo. : APAR
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Take steps. : ACT
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Original sweater girl. : LANA
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Compose. : WRITE
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Easily donned garment. : SLIPON
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Refrain in old songs. : LALA
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Numeral. : TEN
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U.S. newspaper chain. : HEARST
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Agony. : TORMENT
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German king. : OTHO
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Not for. : ANTI
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Tea-set piece. : CREAMER
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Those breaking bread. : DINERS
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Witch's forte. : HEX
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Region. : AREA
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Western, for example. : OMELET
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Colorado resort. : ASPEN
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Polynesian forest deity. : TANE
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District of England. : ELY
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Hurried. : SPED
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Jewish month. : ADAR
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Elliptical. : OVAL
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High-pitched sound. : TING
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Recompense. : REMUNERATE
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Gave details. : ELABORATED
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Requirement. : NEED
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Painted in a way. : ENAMELED
Down
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Wondrous happening. : MIRACLE
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Lack of intellectual development. : AMENTIA
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Eider or teal. : DUCK
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Eel: Old spelling. : ELE
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Pocketful of money. : WAD
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Endless, to poets. : ETERN
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Hereditary. : LINEAL
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Places. : LOCI
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Tobacco pipe. : BRIAR
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Interval of relief : RESPITE
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Still on one's plate. : UNEATEN
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Raging flood. : TORRENT
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Ostentation. : SPLASH
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Actor Sparks. : NED
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Poitier's "The ___." : LOSTMAN
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Part of a stamen. : ANTHER
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Period of strife. : WARTIME
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South Seas canoe. : PROA
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Tell ___ glance. : ATA
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Ontario city. : LONDON
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Rich source. : MINE
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Pay dirt. : ORE
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Discipline. : CHASTEN
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Breathe. : RESPIRE
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Outlay. : EXPENSE
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Raise. : ELEVATE
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Consanguineous. : RELATED
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Fashioned. : STYLED
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Cossack leader. : ATAMAN
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Advanced slowly. : EDGED
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Island off Venezuela. : ARUBA
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Common verb. : ARE
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Printing mark. : DELE
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Viva voce. : ORAL
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___ de guerre. : NOM
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Before. : ERE

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3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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